Successful adaptation to climate change : linking science and policy in a rapidly changing world / edited by Susanne C. Moser and Maxwell T. Boykoff.

Other author Moser, Susanne C.
Other author Boykoff, Maxwell T.
Format Book
PublicationAbingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
Descriptionxxiv, 331 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Climatic changes--Effect of human beings on.
Climatic changes--Social aspects.
Human ecology.

Contents Climate change and adaptation success: the scope of the challenge / Susanne C. Moser, Maxwell T. Boykoff -- Reducing the risk of maladaptation in response to sea-level rise and urban water scarcity / Jon Barnett, Steve Waller, Saffron O'Neill, Sarah Rogers -- Biodiversity conservation for a climate-altered future / Bruce A. Stein, M. Rebecca Shaw -- Climate adaptation, moral reparation, and the baseline problem / Benjamin Hale, Adam Pérou Hermans, Alexander Lee -- REDD+ and social justice: adaptation by way of mitigation? / Heike Schroeder, Chukwumerije Okereke -- Institutions as key element to successful climate adaptation processes: results from the San Francisco Bay Area / Julia A. Ekstrom, Susanne C. Moser -- Rapid transformation of the US electric power system: prospects and impediments / Roger E. Kasperson, Bonnie Ram -- Towards a binding adaptation regime: three levers and two instruments / Mizan R. Khan, J. Timmons Roberts -- Waters, seas, and wine: science for successful climate adaptation / Benjamin L. Preston, Lauren Rickards, Suraje Dessal, Ryan Meyer -- Promoting adaptation success in natural resource management through decision support: lessons from the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions / Lisa Dilling, Rebecca Romsdahl -- Climate risk management: laying the groundwork for successful adaptation / Anthony Patt -- Building climate resilience: lessons of early warning In Africa / Emily Boyd, Rosalind J. Comforth -- Engaging science and managing scientific uncertainty in urban climate adaptation planning / Joann Carmin, David Dodman -- Media coverage of discourse on adaptation: competing visions of "success" in the Indian context / Maxwell T. Boykoff, Aditya Ghosh, Kanmani Venkateswaran -- Risk communication and adaptation in settlements on the coast and in deltas of the Mekong Region / Louis Lebel, Bach Tan Sinh, Ngo Cong Chinh, Sakaradhorn Boontaveeyuwat, Ham Kimkong -- Climate change visioning: effective processes for advancing the policy and practice of local adaptation / Sarah L.M. Burch, Stephen R.J. Sheppard, Ellen Pond, Olaf Schroth -- Navigating the political and emotional terrain of adaptation: community engagement when climate change comes home / Susanne C. Moser -- The courage to change: adaptation from the inside-out / Karen O'Brien.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012044487
ISBN9780415524995 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN0415524997 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN9780415525008 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0415525004 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QC903 .S88 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold